Door-securer.



I PATENTBD JAN-.8, 1907,. E. R. 'FUIGHS; DOOR SEGURER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1906 2 sums-sum 1,

PETERS go, WASHINUTON, n. c

PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907.

E. R. FUCHS.

DO0R.SBOURER.. APPLIOATION FILED MAR.20 1906.

2 BHBETB SHEBT 2.

No. 840,486. A

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EMIEL R. FUCHS, or W YORK, N. Y.

; DO'O R-STECURER.

To alliwhont it m/try concern: 1 Be it known that I, EMIEL R. FUoHs, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city.county,and

State of New York, (whose post-officegaddress is'No/1088Park avenue, New York I city, New. York,) have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Securers,

of whichthe following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to means for securing a door against forcible entry,*the

' object being to provide means which may be I the'line2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig.3 isan enlarged.

- 2 5 front view of the means for moving the se easily and quickly applied. I

The invention comprises a barv which is adapted to be rigidly held betweenabutments on the door and floor, all as more particularly hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will" be understood by ref-,

erence to the accompanying drawings, in which j g p p s Figure 1 isan elevation of a portion-of a door, showing my invention. applied thereto; Fig- 2, a sectional elevation on the plane of curing-bar, the latterbeing broken away'and the covering-plate removed. Fig. 4 is ahori- I zontal section on the plane of'the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.-

5 is a sideview of the casing,

partly broken away and with the lockre moved. Fig. 6 is aview similar to Fig.3

' with the upper part brokenaway, showing the bar in its securing. positionl Fig.7 is a horizontal section on the plane of the line 7- 7 i of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a detail view of a modification, and Fig. 9 is a 'detailview showing a modifiedform of securing-bar.

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts inthe several views.

- Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a p'ortionof a door, Zthe doorjamb, and 3 the floor of afroom or passages way entranceinto which is effected through the door.. For the purpose of securing the door against forcible entry I provide a bar 4 of suflicient length for the purpose and whicha in practice may be made of one half-inch iron.

The lower end of said bar. is stepped into a socket 5, seated in an opening in the floor and constituting an abutment of suliicient strength to resist thethrust of bar 4. The

upper end of bar-4 is retained in a casing 6,

secured to the inner side of thedoor, said casing having an upwardly-extended curved portion 7, constitutinga. guideway for the ar when the door is openedor closed. When 7 Specificationof wars Patent. Application filed March 20,1906. Srialjllo. 307,014..

.dicated in Fig. 3 by spring 12 acting the door is closed, the upper end of the bar lies between the bolt 8 of any of lock 9, adapted to be operated by a key, anda block 10. The latter is'supported betweena guide-rail -11 and the upper wall of easing 6 and is held in normal position (shown in Fig. 3) by the action of a spring 12, bear ing against a pivoted dog 13, which latter engages alstud 14 on the block; i A pin 15,

projecting from the upper wall of easing 6, serves to guide block 10 in its movements.

The lower end of the casing is closed by a plate 16, on which is cast a lug-l7 to prevent the spring '12 and dog 13 becoming displaced. The guideway 7 is open throughout its length, and when the door is releasedfrom the bar 4 the latter occupies a position in a channel in the casing forming a continuation of the guideway, as indicated in F ig. 3.

When the door is to be locked, the bolt 8 is thrown by a key and in its outward movement bears uponthe bar 4, moving it against the stress ofspringlZ t0 the position indicated 'in'Fig. 6. In that position the, upper end of bar 4 abuts firmly against the upper "wall of casing 6 and is immovably held between said wall and socket 5, thus effectually resisting any effort to open the door from the o posite side. When the bolt 8 is retracted, tl ie bar 4 will be returned to the'positionindog 13 and slide-block 10. The oor may thenbe opened, and as it swings inwardly the bar 4 will move upwardly into the curved guideway 7, the lower end of said bar reandiput out of the Way until required' When the bar 4 is in the position indicated in Fig. 3 or when the said bar is removed, the door, may be temporarily kept closed by an ordinary form of latch-lock under the control of the handle 18. j In its broadest aspect the casing 6 constitutes an abutmentfor the upper end of bar 4 and socket 5 an abutment for the lower I end of said bar, the latter when in position Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

through e length of bar 4 and the angle at permit the ordinary type to prevent the opening of the door being rigidly held between said abutments. The invention affords a means which may be easily and quickly appliedto prevent the forcible entry of a door. It may be applied to any type of swinging door and is of particular advantage in connection with doors having lass panels, inasmuch as the break ing of t e glass does not permit of the removal of the bar. During the daytime, when there is constant ingress and egress through the door, the bar 4 may be easily removed, as above indicated, by the occupant of the room, to be replaced whenever the room is to be vacated or at night, when it is desired to secure the door.

In Fig. 8 I have shown a slightly-modified form, in which the dog 13 is removed, the spring 12 in that case acting directly upon slide-block 10. In the preceding figures the bar 4 is shown straight throughout its length.

In Fig. 9 I have shown a modified form of bar having an angular portion 4 adapted to rest in the channel in the casing.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. The combination of a door, a securingbar therefor adapted to rest against the door at an angle thereto, an abutment on the floor against which the lower end of saidbar is set, a fixed abutment seemed to said door,

and a key-actuated means for moving said bar laterally to bring its upper end under said latter abutment.

2. The combination of a door having a upper end of said bar is adapted to abut, and 40 means to move said bar laterally to bring its upper end into the guideway or under said abutting wall when the door is to be unlocked and locked respectively.

3. The combination of a door havin casing secured thereto, a door-securing )ar the upper end of which is retained by said casing, an abutment on the floor against which the lower end of said bar is set, an. abutment fixed to the door, a lock having a bolt adapted to engage said bar to move it into position under said door-abutment, and a spring in said casing to move the bar in a reverse position to release the door there from.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMIEL R. FUCHS.

Witnesses OLIN A. FosTnR, ROBERT IN. ASHLEY. 

